CLEARWATER, Fla. - Although it is still a little early, the first Winter Olympic Game winner has been announced. Card Services for Credit Unions and VISA have named Madison, Wisconsin-based University of Wisconsin Credit Union the winner of a trip for two to the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt...

TOPEKA, Kan. - Two Topeka credit unions, the $35-million Kansas Credit Union and the $58-million Super Chief Credit Union, are merging under a new "partnership. The combined CU will be known as Kansas Super Chief Credit Union, said the new president and CEO, Glen Scott, who holds the same title...

VIENNA, Va. - Navy Federal Credit Union has upped the ante when it comes to verifying its members identity. Members simply swipe their ATM or check cards and enter their personal identification numbers directly at the teller window. "This has been an extremely smooth implementation process," said Navy FCU Vice...

ARLINGTON, Va - NAFCU has agreed with a NACHA proposal that would impose higher penalties on credit unions and other financial institutions that break the rules governing Automated Clearing House (ACH) transactions. In a February 1 letter NAFCU expressed support for a NACHA proposal that an alleged violating institution get...

SANTA FE, N.M. - State legislators, staff and visitors here are enjoying a surcharge-free ATM courtesy of 56 credit unions. Requested by employees, the CU Anytime machine is the first ATM in the capitol building since 1996. "The employees contacted their local credit union-State Employees Credit Union of Santa Fe-asking...

AUSTIN, Texas - Three years after Texas became the first state to have a member business lending rule approved by NCUA, the state's legislative advisory committee has scheduled discussion and a possible vote at its February 15 meeting, of amendments to the state's MBL rule. Commissioner Harold Feeney of the...

MADISON, Wis. - CUNA Mutual Group has developed a short list of "Preferred Partners" for credit unions to consider when choosing a vendor to test their IT security programs. To help credit unions better assess the risks associated with Internet-connected systems, and improve security of members' confidential data, CUNA Mutual...

Kudos to Richard Rays for raising issues about "credit union" as the name to describe the organizations! ("Richard Rays wonders if there's a better alternative to `credit union' ", CU Times, Jan. 23). While wordy and cumbersome, I always liked the world moniker "Cooperative of Savings and Credit" as being...